Hacker sentenced for stalking internet celebrity

[Jeffrey Robert Weinberg] has been sentenced to 2 years in state prison for a single act of computer intrusion. He had already served time in federal prison for hacking into Lexis-Nexis. Weinberg was caught through his cyberstalking – he went after an Internet celebrity. [Amor Hilton] was a MySpace user with a popular show on Stickam. Hilton found herself locked out of her MySpace account, and her cellphone account disconnected. She alleged that he demanded phone sex and nude photos of her. [Hilton] worked with the police to identify the hacker using a photo that he sent. After [Weinberg] completes his sentence in state prison, he will have to face repercussions for violation of his federal probation, which came with severe restrictions on his computer usage.

this is not a hack. hackaday does not usually feature “cracking” but instead hacking in its original spirit.

@theisovist

we will all go elsewhere if the site starts focusing on this sort of content. we’re also counting on some folks at hackaday reading these comments on these new types of stories. i’m not going to give up my loyalty over one silly story, and that’s the same reason some of the loyal fanbase has been complaining instead of leaving.